MEMBERS of Gwent Police's road policing team successfully recovered a stolen vehicle thanks to the local knowledge of one rookie cop, in a chase broadcast by BBC One.

In the latest episode of the BBC documentary Rookie Cops on Tuesday evening, rookie officer and car mad Drew was tasked with joining Keiron of the force's road policing team on an evening shift.

The two of them began the evening carrying out regular stop and searches in Newport city centre as part of their campaign against drink and drug driving, after the force revealed that there are on average 20 arrests for drink or drug driving every week.

One car was stopped after the officers noticed a strong smell of cannabis coming from the vehicle.

A sniffer dog was called in after cannabis was smelt in a car, and an illegal........

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